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I don’t know about you, but I was in the mood for a laugh. And I got one—or even more than one:
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Legal elites and the Obamacare case
Jonathan Adler asks the question: why did legal elites underestimate the case against the mandate? You might want to give quick and flippant answers—such as, for instance, “because they’re stupid and biased”—but that really doesn’t tell us much. Legal elites … Continue reading →
Obama flexibility assurance: Krauthammer asks why
Charles Krauthammer wants to know what was behind Obama’s assurance to Medvedev on his increased post-2012-election “flexibility”: After all, what is Obama doing negotiating on missile defense in the first place? We have no obligation to do so. The Anti-Ballistic … Continue reading →
James Bond theme songs
Here’s a PJ article on the 5 worst and 5 best James Bond theme songs. My question is: why, why, why is there no “Dr. No” there among the best? Is it because there was no conventional “song” (with words, … Continue reading →
Why Romney is …
…uniquely positioned of all the GOP candidates to make the argument against Obamacare, according to Paul Goldman and Mark J. Rozell. Readers of this blog know I’m a Romney supporter, but I don’t think the article is especially good. It … Continue reading →
Castro asks the Pope…
…”What does a Pope do?” When I first heard that Fidel had asked a question of the Pope, I thought it might be “How many divisions have you got?“
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…Santorum seems to be slipping in Pennsylvania.
Continue reading →The plan: from Obamacare to single payer?
I’ve long thought that Obamacare was just a prelude to what Obama and the left really want, which is single payer health insurance. Obamacare was an unwieldy compromise, complex and cobbled together and passed because it could be done, whereas … Continue reading →
Federalism and Obamacare
An excellent article by Rick Lowry on federalism and how it relates to Obamacare.
Continue reading →“He picked the wrong plane”
You might say. I’m surprised that this sort of thing doesn’t happen more often. But I’m awfully glad it doesn’t: A JetBlue flight captain went berserk mid-flight today and had to be restrained by passengers as the plane made an … Continue reading →
New evidence that the Medieval Warm Period was world-wide
Interesting. Now let’s see how this gets integrated into the narrative: A team of scientists led by geochemist Zunli Lu from Syracuse University in New York state, has found that contrary to the ”˜consensus’, the ”˜Medieval Warm Period’ approximately 500 … Continue reading →
This guy’s got sense: on the Trayvon Martin case
You may notice that I haven’t written about the Trayvon Martin case yet. This is for the simple reason that I’ve been waiting for the facts to come out. At the beginning, the MSM was reporting only one side, and … Continue reading →